William



J n' s @with @tette iii-@attent @time WILLIAM CLARK, OF VALA'illLlNEW YORK.

Letters Patent 1Y0. 78,875, dated January 28, 1868.

IMPROVED CHECK AND HARNESS-RENS.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

e it known that I, WILLIAM CLARK, of Valatie, in the county of Columbia, in the `State of New York, have invented n new and useful Improvement in Check-R eins; and I do hereby declare lthat the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will' enable those skilled in the art to 4malte and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming part of this specification; in which drawing-I Figurc 1 is n. side view of u. bridle, to which my invention is applied.

Figure 2 shows a modification relating to the upper runner. I

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts. I p I The object of this invention is to produce a. check-rein which'shnll he wholly under the control and operation of the driver, by means of a. main or drivingrein, the parts being so constructed and arranged that the horse can be checked and unchecked, at pleasure, without making any change in the attachments of the reins or bridle. By meansofmy invention o horse can be allowed to lower his heaito drinkJ and be reined up again. without altering thocheck-rein or interfering with any of the fostenings of the bridle o r the reins.

The letter A designates the main or driving-rein, whose ends are fastened, as usual, to the hit-rings,` and B is the checlbrein, there being one for each side of the bridle. The rear end of each check-rein is permanently festened te that one of the lines of the main or drivingrein which is on the same side with it, and from thence v said check-rein is taken forwards through the upper runneror pulley C, commonly called the gag-runner;

thence downwards towards the bit-ring, through which, or through a runner or pulley attached thereto, it goes, and .is taken thence upwards towards the gag runn'er to a loop, on the inner side of which itsend is fastened. The gag or upper runner C is attached by a buckle, or by other suitable means, to the billet for the throatlatch, extending'downfrom the crowinpiece. I v

The arrangement is the same for hoth .sides of the horse's head, the elieck-reins being independent of euch other, and extending from the billets for the tlirent-latcli, downwards, tothe bit-rings or to attachments thereon, thence up and through the gngrunners, whence they are takenvbacltwards, and are fastened, as above stated, to the lines of the main or driving-rein. i -By means of this improvement the driver can check and uncheck a horse by tightening or slncltening, respectively, the main or driving-reins, so that the driver need not leave his sent to uncheck hisl horse.

What I claitn` as new, and desire to secure by Letters -Patent, is`

The cheek-rein, fastened at one end tn the main oi"di'ivingrein, and extending through a runner on the billet for the throat-latch; thence downwards and through the bit-ring, or apullcy connected te said ring; vand thence upwards to the upperrunner, where its other end is fastened, substantially ns described.

This specification signed, this 12th day of November'. 1867.

' Wimmer CLARK.

Witnesses z Gusmv BERG, W, jours.` 

